Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867) 
AphiaID: 212321

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Ophiodermatina (Infraorder) > Ophiodermatidae (Family) > Ophiopeza (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiopeza Peters, 1851
Synonymised taxa		Distichophis clarki Ely, 1942 Ophiarachna spinosa Ljungman, 1867 Ophiarachna spinosum Ljungman, 1867 Ophiopeza dubiosa (de Loriol, 1893) Ophiopeza fallax Lütken, 1869 (non Peters, 1851) Ophiopezella dubiosa de Loriol, 1893 Ophiopezella luetkeni de Loriol, 1893 Ophiopezella spinosa (Ljungman, 1867) (synonym)
Sources		basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] basis of record: Clark H.L. (1909). Notes on some Australian and Indo-Pacific echinoderms. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 52: 107-135. [details] basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] source of synonymy: Liao, Yulin. 2004. Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea. Fauna Sinica, 40, 1-305. pl. I-VI. Science Press: Beijing page(s): 341 [details] from synonym: Clark, A.M. (1968). Notes on some tropical Indo-Pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). Bull. Br. Mus (nat. Hist) 16(7): 276-322. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Loriol, P. de. 1893. Catalogue raisonné des Echinodermes recueillis par M.V. de Robillard à l'Ile Maurice. III. Ophiurides et Astrophytides. Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. nat. Gèneve, 32(3), 1-63, pls 23-25. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Ljungman, A. (1867). Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerat. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 23(9): 303-336. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Loriol, P. de. 1893. Echinodermes de la Baie d'Amboine. Revue Suisse zool., 1, 359-426, pls 13-15. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow-water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, 176, 1-63. [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Eastern Africa & Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] West Indian Ocean [details]
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Notes		Description: Description: arm length to 4 cm, disc diameter to 9 mm. Disc completely covered with granules, otherwise similar to O. fallax. Colour pale yellowish or brown; arms banded. Habitat: under rocks and coral rubble. General distribution: from the Red Sea to Hawaii and SE Polynesia (Tortonese, 1980); tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-74 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); WIO, Red Sea to W Pacific (Richmond, 1998). According to A.M. Clark (1984) this species has only been recorded from the Mascarenes and Seychelles, but not East Africa. Also recorded in Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Foa Is., Tonga (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212321
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-07-18 10:07:00Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-20 08:24:09Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiopeza spinosa (Ljungman, 1867). In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/Ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212321 on 2013-05-22